Game Day: Jets at Wild

Posted: 9:46 AM CDT Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 Last Modified: 11:03 AM CDT Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 | Updates

ABOUT THE WILD Minnesota hosts Winnipeg with the sole purpose of evening its record after opening the 2016-17 regular season with a 3-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Defenceman Ryan Suter and right-winger Charlie Coyle scored for the Wild.

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ABOUT THE WILD

Minnesota hosts Winnipeg with the sole purpose of evening its record after opening the 2016-17 regular season with a 3-2 road loss to the St. Louis Blues on Thursday. Defenceman Ryan Suter and right-winger Charlie Coyle scored for the Wild.

The Wild signed veteran centre Eric Staal to a three-year, US$10.5-million deal during the off-season and he’s on the top trio with Coyle and left-winger Zach Parise. The Central Division squad has a solid second unit, with Mikku Koivu between wingers Jason Pominville and Mikael Granlund.

Expect Devan Dubnyk to be a busy man yet again. The 30-year-old goalie started 66 games (32-26-6) during the 2015-16 campaign and he’s expected to get the bulk of the work as the Wild vie for their fifth successive appearance in the playoffs.

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Expect Devan Dubnyk to be a busy man yet again. — CARLOS GONZALEZ / MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE FILES Expect Devan Dubnyk to be a busy man yet again.

The Wild hope Teemu Pulkkinen‘s success in the American Hockey League can translate to the big-league level. The club claimed the 24-year-old left-winger off waivers from Detroit earlier this week. The Finnish forward had two 30-goal seasons for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the AHL.

MINNESOTA WILD

40 Devan Dubnyk G
35 Darcy Kuemper G
3 Charlie Coyle RW
4 Mike Reilly D
5 Christian Folin D
6 Marco Scandella D
7 Chris Stewart RW
9 Mikko Koivu C
11 Zach Parise LW
12 Eric Staal C
16 Jason Zucker LW
17 Teemu Pulkkinen RW
20 Ryan Suter D
22 Nino Niederreiter LW
24 Matt Dumba D
25 Jonas Brodin D
27 Zac Dalpe C
28 Victor Bartley D
29 Jason Pominville RW
39 Nate Prosser D
46 Scott Spurgeon D
56 Erik Haula C
64 Mikael Granlund LW

WINNIPEG JETS

34 Michael Hutchinson G
37 Connor Hellebuyck G
4 Paul Postma D
5 Mark Stuart D
7 Ben Chiarot D
12 Drew Stafford RW
13 Brandon Tanev LW
16 Shawn Matthias LW
17 Adam Lowry C
22 Chris Thorburn RW
26 Blake Wheeler RW
27 Nikolaj Ehlers LW
29 Patrik Laine RW
33 Dustin Byfuglien D
39 Toby Enstrom D
40 Joel Armia RW
44 Josh Morrissey D
55 Mark Scheifele C
57 Tyler Myers D
81 Kyle Connor LW
85 Mathieu Perreault C
91 Alex Burmistrov C